She Got Into A Fight With Her Brother-In-Law After He Woke Her Up So She Could Cook Him Dinner
Have you ever had to deal with someone who has a very old-fashioned sense of gender roles? Like, someone who believes that women should stay at home to cook and clean while men go to work?
One woman recently got into a fight with her brother-in-law after he woke her out of her sleep so she could cook him dinner.
She’s a 39-year-old doctor and has two 12-year-old sons with her husband, Tom. Unfortunately, they just lost their home due to a fire. While they sort out their insurance situation and look for a new place to live, she and her family have been staying with Tom’s brother Sean and his family.
“I don’t like Sean as he believes in traditional gender roles in a household,” she said.
“We have had issues since he realized I would keep my maiden name at work, which I informed him was none of his business and my personal choice. He works full time, and his wife is a housewife.”
Things got more tense with Sean after her sons were born because he expected her to quit her job and become a stay-at-home mom. However, Tom became a stay-at-home dad, much to his brother’s disapproval.
Over the years, Tom spoke to Sean about his comments, and he’d only give them grief occasionally. It took Tom going back to work for Sean to finally stop voicing his opinion.
“Tom and Sean are very close, and I would never tell him to stop talking to him, but I personally interact as little as possible with Sean,” she explained.
“My sons’ school and Tom’s workplace [are] walking distance from Sean’s house, which is why I agreed to stay and [deal] while we get back on our feet, as it is temporary.”
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Since living with Sean and his family, she’s been contributing to the household duties by helping his wife cook meals for everyone.
However, the other day, she had an incident with Sean that made her leave his house.
She had gotten home from a long shift at work midday and was exhausted. When she got home, everyone in the house was gone. The kids were at school, Sean and Tom were still working, and Sean’s wife was visiting a friend. She decided to go straight to bed.
Suddenly, she was woken up by Sean. When she asked him why he woke her, he said she “should make a start on dinner” because his wife wasn’t home yet, and it was getting late. She yelled at him not to disturb her and that he could get his own dinner before she kicked him out of the room so she could go back to bed.
When she woke up later that evening, Sean told her that while she lived in his house, she needed to respect his “house rules.” She reminded Sean that he could’ve very well fixed dinner himself or ordered takeout, but he still wasn’t having it and started giving her the silent treatment.
This experience made her so angry that she decided to take her kids and stay with a friend instead of her brother-in-law because she didn’t want her sons to witness his behavior.
Should she have agreed to make dinner that night, or was her brother-in-law being ridiculous?
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